Posted on 08/31/2004 8:47:37 AM PDT by Pikamax
August 31, 2004 -- EXCLUSIVE
Vietnam veterans against John Kerry today are launching a new TV ad that shows the Democrat renouncing his war medals — timed to zing Kerry just before he speaks to vets tomorrow at the American Legion convention.
It's the latest move to undermine Kerry by the group known as Swift Boat Veterans for Truth — efforts that appear to have sent him slipping in polls and have sparked rumors of a Kerry campaign shakeup.
The ad starts with video of marching Marines and paints Kerry — who became an anti-war activist when he came home from Vietnam — as one of those who "turned their backs on their brothers."
It shows a long-haired and bearded hippie-type in a military jacket — not Kerry — appearing to toss his military medals as Kerry and many other anti-war vets did at protest rallies in the early 1970s.
Then it switches to video of Kerry saying he was renouncing his medals as "the symbols which this country gives . . . and that was the medals themselves . . . I gave back — I can't remember — six, seven, eight, nine."
The 30-second ad concludes: "How can the man who renounced his country's symbols now be trusted?"
The new ad is being launched with a $400,000 TV buy in Florida — home to lots of veterans and active-duty troops — and possibly elsewhere.
At the same time, the swift vets are going national for the first time with an $800,000 cable-TV buy for a prior ad in which former POWs talk about Kerry's claims that U.S. soldiers were rapists and mass murderers.
(Excerpt) Read more at nypost.com ...
Kerry was 'anti-war' (actually anti-American) before he went over, pretended to be a Naval officer for a while, and returned to his previous ways when he got back.
Those BASTARDS! LOL!
> ... timed to zing Kerry just before he speaks to
> vets tomorrow at the American Legion convention.
Las Vegas has stopped taking bets that this event will
now not happen.
Um, I thot JfK was speaking to the VFW, and not the AL.
Interesting strategery. Attack the medals, which Kerry then defends. Then once the medals have been defended by McPain etc, then highlight the fact that Kerry renounced them!
He already gave a speech to the VFW. I wasn't well received...I don't know what makes him think this one will be any different.
Awesome.
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Yes, I love it.
If he didn't earn them, then he didn't mind throwing them away.
Another devestating ad, using Kerry's own words against him. 33 years, and payback is hell.
Just saw it ...Very well done...AGAIN! Short, to the point,Using Kerry's own words against him....Contrast the protestors with the Real Veterans....Hope they play this one repeatedly before and after Kerry speaks tomorrow.
Are the swift vets blowing through their $$$ resources too quickly?
Solution: send them more $$$. I will today.
Someone said on another thread that they are being given funds from another 527 (in the millions) but I haven't seen a confirmation of this. My thought: "I hope it's true, but it may be a trick so others won't give as much...like: "they don't need it so why give."
Perhaps. Maybe we should all make sure that they have plenty. Donate again.
Enter stage left: Hillary!
I saw that ad this morning before I left for work. Its a great ad and its going to piledrive Kerry into the ground. The ad is not as devastating as the 2nd ad, but its better than the first.
I find it remarkable that no one has picked up the fact that democrats have admitted that the election of Clinton over Bush 41 and Dole was a mistake. According to dem's now, if you aren't a veteran, you aren't qualified against someone that is. Therefore, in 1992 and 1996, according to dem's, the electorate made a serious mistake. Of course, they're right, but not for those reasons.
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